#KidFlash Won’t Become #TheFlash in Season 4…!

At the end of The Flash season 3, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) sacrificed himself to the Speed Force in order fill the vacancy left by the vanquished Savitar. As Barry is now gone from Earth, Central City is left without its metahuman protector, leading fans of the show to speculate as to who or what could protect the city in Barry’s absence.

One obvious potential ramification of Barry’s sacrifice would be having Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) follow DC Comics canon and graduate from “Kid Flash” to the full-fledged mantle of THE Flash. However, according to Keiynan Lonsdale, the show will not follow that thread of DC Comics history.

Speaking with Newsweek, Lonsdale was asked if he will be inheriting the mantle of the Scarlet Speedster in season 4, and quickly shot down that theory, stating:

“It’s not something that’s on my radar. I feel as though there is so much story to tell and Wally has so much growing to do. I’d like to see that journey continue. That’s what I think is important. We need to see how these character[s] realistically get to where they are headed for.”

Grammar aside, that’s not an answer that many Flash fans will likely want to hear. Of all the current DC “Arrowverse” shows on The CW, The Flash is often most heavily criticized for being the most melodramatic and slow, in terms of certain character arcs.

From the sound of the quote above, it seems as though Wally West could be meandering through season 4 in some personal drama that probably won’t be the most exciting thing for fans to watch. That’s just speculation, of course, but without any dynamic changes to Wally, it’s hard to see how there’s a lot of “journey” left between where he is now as Kid Flash, and where he ends up as the actual Flash.